FTSS V Ceiling Increase Synopsis.docx

FTSS V Ceiling Increase Synopsis Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) Orlando, FL, intends, on a sole source basis, to increase the Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract ceiling under the fifth iteration of the Fielded Training Systems Support (FTSS V) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) for Contractor Operation and Maintenance Services (COMS) and Contractor Instructional Services (CIS) of States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) fielded training systems. Sole source authority is provided under 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), The property or services needed by the agency are available from only one responsible source or only from a limited number of responsible sources and no other type of property or services will satisfy the needs of the agency as implemented by FAR 6.302-1.

The FTSS V MAC is awarded to the following:

Lot 1 (Unrestricted)

· CAE USA Incorporated, 4908 Tampa West Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33634

· BGI-Aero Simulation, Incorporated (ASI) Joint Venture, LLC, 1141 Bowman Road Suite 101, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29464

· Valiant Global Defense Services, Incorporated, 2355 Dulles Corner Blvd. Suite 200, Herndon, VA 20171

· Delaware Resource Group (DRG) of Oklahoma, LLC, 3220 Quail Springs Parkway, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73134

· Fidelity Technologies Corporation, 2501 Kutztown Road, Reading, Pennsylvania 19605-2961

· FlightSafety Defense Corporation, 4800 Diplomacy Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155-2616

· LB&B Associates, Incorporated, 9891 Broken Land Parkway, Suite 400, Columbia, Maryland 21046-1165

Lot 2 (Small Business Set-Aside)

· Engineering Support Personnel (ESP), Incorporated, 2603 Discovery Drive, Suite 115, Orlando, Florida 32826

· LTSS Joint Venture, 36 3rd Street North East, Minot, North Dakota 58703

In order to meet fleet requirements and to avoid unacceptable delays to the Government, NAWCTSD intends to increase the FTSS V ID/IQ MAC contract ceiling by approximately $720M without an extension to the period of performance. This increase will allow the Government to continue to provide COMS and CIS for predominantly aircrew and maintenance, as well as surface and sub-surface, simulator/devices/training systems/classroom support. These services are required at approximately twenty-nine (29) USN and USMC sites to cover twenty-four (24) weapons platforms and over nine hundred (900) training devices. The sources of the requirements include, but are not limited to, USN/USMC units, Wings and Squadron (both Fleet and Fleet Readiness Squadrons), weapons training units; Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) and Training Air Wings; school houses (such as Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC)); aviation survival training units; Commander Naval Reserve Forces (RESFOR) Wings and Squadrons; Surface and Undersea training centers; and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. NAWCTSD, Orlando, FL is the contracting and administrative agent for FTSS programs.

This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. It is a notice in accordance with FAR 5.201 outlining the Government’s intent to contract on a sole source basis with the contractors listed above.

Interested sources are solicited to provide their written technical capabilities. Current FTSS MAC holders need not respond to this Synopsis unless you take exception to the ceiling increase. Written response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, and that required training schedules can be met. Interested sources must submit detailed written technical capabilities to deliver the requirement. Detailed written capabilities must be submitted by email to Reagan Gill (reagan.m.gill2@us.navy.mil) with a copy of Jana McEntegart at jana.r.mcentegart.civ@us.navy.mil in an electronic format that is compatible with MS Word, no later than 1600 Eastern Time on 17 June 2025. Verbal submissions via phone will not be honored. All information shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. Responses shall be limited to no more than Five (5) pages. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. No solicitation document is available. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice, but will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the Government. If no written challenge to this synopsis is received, a justification and approval (J&A) for other than full and open competition in accordance with the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 6.302-1 based on the rationale provided above will be initiated. If conducted as a sole source procurement, a separate synopsis will not follow. This synopsis will satisfy the intent of the requirements under FAR 5.201 and 5.204.